Lite Beer Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Thailand helps develop more effective dengue vaccine The NationBANGKOK: -- A new anti-dengue vaccine with anticipated improved efficiency is being developed by Thailand jointly with four other countries and will be available here within two years, Department of Disease Control director-general Dr Sophon Mekthon said yesterday. The new vaccine is expected to protect against four dengue strains found in Thailand. Official registration of this particular vaccine is ongoing with the Food and Drugs Administration. Dr Usa Thisayakorn, chairwoman of the Paediatric Infectious Disease Society of Thailand, said the unnamed vaccine had proved efficient in protecting against all strains found in the five countries that had jointly developed it - Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia. She said its efficacy in preventing dengue was rated at 56 per cent and was rated at 88.5 per cent in decreasing the severity of the disease. Its efficiency has been proved by tests on children aged two to 14 years through three-dose vaccinations. The vaccine has been endorsed by the medical journal The Lancet, she added. The development of dengue vaccines in Thailand began 20 years ago, and this latest one has been worked on for five years with three hospitals - Photharam, Ban Pong and Kamphaeng Phet - involved. The new vaccine will now go through follow-up evaluation in a further three phases that will end in 2017 under World Health Organisation regulations. New dengue strains are capable of infecting adults, unlike earlier strains, which affect mainly children. The new strains could be fatal if contracted by menstruating or pregnant women, Usa warned. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Thailand-helps-develop-more-effective-dengue-vacci-30239512.html [thenation]2014-07-26[/thenation] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cats4ever Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Keep up the good work. The exponential increase in dengue affected areas over 30 years is dread inducing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob8891 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Good news in a difficult battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorri Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Maybe a bit of "fake" chest beating, the vaccine was developed by a french company....only being trialed in Thailand. Pity there is still too much BS, from Thai authorities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianf Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Keep up the good work. The exponential increase in dengue affected areas over 30 years is dread inducing. One of the problems is that the minority Dengue Mosquito has two predator mosquitoes. What the Government should do is to breed the predator mosquitoes rather than kill them which is what thy do when they spray everywhere. There is always a natural way to deal with these things and this particular course of action is being ignored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom3 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Maybe a bit of "fake" chest beating, the vaccine was developed by a french company....only being trialed in Thailand. Pity there is still too much BS, from Thai authorities. Well the snake farm in Bangkok works closely with the Institut Pasteur in Paris to develop various vaccines so I think they do deserve credit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernieOnTour Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 It seems it is the same story as in 2012, when also 4002 thai children were mentioned, so Sanofi might have just reached another phase in getting FDA approval, maybe CTD 3 or 4. Interesting read in one Googled article: the backbone of the live vaccine is a Yellowfever virus. So I was not totally wrong, when getting a Yellowfever vaccination despite not traveling to Latin America since years - because there were unconfirmed studies that a Yellowfever vaccination is reducing the risk to get effected by Dengue and if, is also reducing the effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djjamie Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 This shows that Thailand is at the forefront of research in areas we never read about. These are the stories that should be heard by the population as well. They are stories to be proud of. To make Thai's feel proud to be Thai. A good friend of mine is a Doctor of Microbiology at Khon Kaen Uni. She studies cow microbes that cause foot rot. Admittedly she did the majority of her study at Melbourne uni, but finished up at KK uni researching this microbe. The break throughs they have made in Isan are being sent back to Melbourne to be further scrutinized. She has travelled back to Melbourne to present her findings and she is a great ambassador for Thailand and Thai's in general. Well done and it is great to hear good news stories that don't involve politics for a change. (Though I do crave them!!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belg Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 thailand is a forefront because they allow human guinea pigs for a french company ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamahele Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I'll be first in line. I had dengue last year. It wasn't pleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorri Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Zoom3, on 26 Jul 2014 - 12:49, said: Rorri, on 26 Jul 2014 - 10:56, said: Maybe a bit of "fake" chest beating, the vaccine was developed by a french company....only being trialed in Thailand. Pity there is still too much BS, from Thai authorities. Well the snake farm in Bangkok works closely with the Institut Pasteur in Paris to develop various vaccines so I think they do deserve credit Vaccines or anti-venom for snake bites. In case you missed it, this is about dengue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 This shows that Thailand is at the forefront of research in areas we never read about. These are the stories that should be heard by the population as well. They are stories to be proud of. To make Thai's feel proud to be Thai. A good friend of mine is a Doctor of Microbiology at Khon Kaen Uni. She studies cow microbes that cause foot rot. Admittedly she did the majority of her study at Melbourne uni, but finished up at KK uni researching this microbe. The break throughs they have made in Isan are being sent back to Melbourne to be further scrutinized. She has travelled back to Melbourne to present her findings and she is a great ambassador for Thailand and Thai's in general. Well done and it is great to hear good news stories that don't involve politics for a change. (Though I do crave them!!) "This shows that Thailand is at the forefront of research in areas we never read about." - no this shows that YOU never read about this sort of stuff and don't keep up to date. If you had read the background, you'd know that the media is inaccurately reporting the Thai role in this in some papers too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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